Violin practice

Christmas Eve family time

 Carol singing and some magical moments

Miss O` 1st public competitive and her very first achievements ( distinction and 2nd)

Minuet No. 3 by J.S. Bach, from Suzuki Violin Book 1, Play-through clip.

Minuet 3 by JS Bach
Book 1 Suzuki violin

Happy Farmer by Schumann, Suzuki violin book 1, Play-Through clip

Master M`s perfect bow hold

MozArt Group at Canterbury Festival

How to Tune a Violin - YouTube

How to Tune a Violin - YouTube:

'via Blog this'-  for beginners :)

How to change violin strings- tutorial

             Just managed to do so successfully with grate help from this tutorial
            Now min 2 hours of practice by Miss O and off we go for the concert

What is the Suzuki Method?

                                                What is the Suzuki Method?:

                                                             'via Blog this'

photo curtsy of SAoA

Dr Shin`ichi Suzuki

                                                  Introduction to Suzuki Method

The popular 'Suzuki Method' grew from the educational philosophy of Shin'ichi Suzuki (1898-1998), born in Nagoya, Japan. He was one of 12 children, and his father owned a violin factory. Shin'ichi began playing the violin at age 17. In his early 20s, he studied with violinist Karl Klingler in Germany, where he met his wife Waltrud, who also was German. His struggle to learn to speak German gave him the idea that sparked his philosophy of teaching: that every child easily learns his or her native language.

 Suzuki's "Mother Tongue" approach to teaching music builds on the principals of language acquisition. Those principals include an early beginning, listening, loving encouragement, parental support, constant repetition, learning with other children and then learning to read. Because all children learn and master their own language, Suzuki believed all children could learn and master music in the same way. He sometimes called this "Talent Education," meaning that musical talent is not inborn, but can be developed in everyone. He personally taught hundreds of students, including many with disabilities. He also toured the world with his very large group of extremely accomplished and young violin students, and music teachers - profoundly amazed with his accomplishments - begged him to share his methods

                                                           See more


                                         Also see Nurtured by Love by S Suzuki

Suzuki- Witches`Dance Paganini

                                          Witches Dance Suzuki Violin  Book 2, No 8


                                                      Springing Arpeggios


                                           AllysonsViolinStudio bowing tutorial
                                          AllysonsViolinStudio -playing through
                 
                                                      Slow Practice Tempo

                                                         Niccolo Paganini

greatest virtuoso violinist ever—did not begin until relatively late in life. Born in Genoa in 1782, Paganini received his first musical instruction from his father, a devoted amateur musician. Niccolò's rapid progress on the violin, however, was such that his father (who was in fact a mandolinist, and thus little suited to train his precocious son) was soon compelled to send his son to Giacomo Costa, maestro di capella of the Cathedral at San Lorenzo, for further study. Although he quickly gained some local fame and even embarked on a minor tour of Italy in 1797, it would be many years before Paganini consented to perform outside his native land. 

                                                    source: Classical Archives

Niccolo Paganini

  in a nutshell 

Born: 27-Oct-1782
Birthplace: Genoa, Italy
Died: 27-May-1840
Location of death: Nice, France
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Cemetery Della Villetta, Parma, Italy
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Violinist, Composer
Nationality: Italy
Executive summary: Italian violinist and composer


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Also see
Paganini.com
Wikipedia

` The Two Grenadiers`- R. Schumann (Suzuki Violin)

                        We are just starting this piece hence a few infos on the above.
                                      Just so we can easily go back to it and revise

                                                                          Source

                                                   The Two Grenadiers
                                                                     1840

                                                             By Robert Schumann
                                                        Suzuki Violin School  Book 2


                          Great source of advice Re. bowing etc  AlissonsViolinStudio
                            Also Alisson`s Practice video for this piece



                                                         Backround info

                 The piece inspired by a romantic poem  which served as lyrics for Schumann`s piece

By Heinrich Heine (XIXth Century  German romantic poet)

To France were marching two Grenadiers
who had been captured in Russia.
And when they came into German lands,
they hung their heads in shame. 

And here they learned the sorry tale
that France was lost forever,
her valiant army beaten and smashed,
and the Emperor, the Emperor captured!

The grenadiers then wept together,
hearing these pitiful tidings.
One said, "Ah, the agony,
my wound is a blaze of fire."

The other said, "This is the end,
and gladly I'd die with you,
but I've a wife and child at home,
who without me will perish."

"To hell with wife, to hell with child,
my thoughts are for things far higher;
let them beg, if they've nothing to eat-
my Emperor, my Emperor captured!

"Grant me, brother, one request:
if I am now to die,
take my body to France with you,
bury me in French soil.

"The cross of honor on its red ribbon
you shall lay upon my heart;
my musket give me in my hand,
and buckle my saber on me.

"And so will I, quiet, lie and listen,
like a sentinel in my grave,
until I hear the cannons' roar,
the whinny and thunder of horses.

"Then will my Emperor ride over my grave,
swords will be clashing and flashing;
and armed, I'll rise up from the grave-
to guard my Emperor, my Emperor!"

   Also see:

Borja/ Bungs-Schumann "The Two Grenadiers" Op. 49/1

 La Marseillaise  -info
La Marseillaise -beautiful performance

 Music dynamics  ( please, check out this Wikipedia info)

cresc. ( Crescendo)  literally translates "to become gradually stronger", but is interpreted as louder gradually